...and have decided to become a Pastafarian (my daughter pretty much forced me to after she saw the buried dead gays in the back yard). I am now starting a petition to get the government to illegalise alphabet soup for its blasphemy (sign or else!) The main reason I am posting here, though, is because I have discovered a new form of prayer for His Noodliness.

Ritual for the FSM

You will need:

1. Your wife's china collection.

2. Noodles.

3. Pot Noodles.

-First, stuff the Noodles into the Pot Noodles (to represent the imprisonment of His Noodliness in the distant past).

-Bless the Holy Chickeny Water the noodles now reside in.

-Pour them into each of the china bowls (to represent the liberation of the once - supressed Holy One)

-Eat the Holy One's metaphorical form (i.e. the noodles. Well, if He didn't want us to eat them, why did He make them taste so chickeny?)

Ubi Dubium wrote:I Wiki'ed "pot noodle" and came up with something much like "cup noodles" here in the US, only in what appear to be some very strange flavors. versus

For some reason I actually like cup noodles. I have no idea why. They taste like the styrofoam cup they come in, and have no nutritional merit whatsoever.

Argh. These things are beneath contempt. Wife of ET likes them, but I find them pointless. There is barely enough in there to make a decent mouthful, and then it's just colored water with cardboard in it. I can get that out of the river for free, and it has more flavor.

"Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens."("Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.")-- Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805)Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.-- Philip K DickOK, now let's look at four dimensions on the blackboard.-- Dr. JoyEnglish isn't much of a language for swearing. When I studied Ancient Greek I was delighted to discover a single word - Rhaphanidosthai - which translates roughly as "Be thou thrust up the fundament with a radish for adultery."

I don't know guys, they are getting better at the whole cup o' noodles game.

Lately we've been finding new and slightly more expensive versions in the grocery stores.

Instead of a single packet of flavored dust, they come with a packet of flavoring, a packet of dried vegetables, and a packet of flavored oil. Some versions even come with a packet of sauce, and some have much higher quality noodles that are already cooked and sealed.

These cost between a buck fity and three dollars apiece, but they are well worth it! They are awesome!

If you're going to eat instant cup noodles at all, I think it's worth splashing out and getting the proper Japanese ones. As they are made for Japanese workers and by Japanese companies who, let's face it, know what they're talking about Japanese food-wise, they're actually not bad, and they come in oodles of flavours, sizes, chilli strength etc.

I'm fond of Aji no Moto, Katokichi, Maruchan (esp. their fried beancurd one) and Hong Shim brands. Hong Shim in Korean and do some wicked hot and spicy kimuchi ones!!!

...are actually quite good, come in a bunch of flavors and are a mere 190 calories a bag. They've been a big part of my weight loss. A bowl of cereal or a few pieces of toast for b-fast, these for lunch and then whatever the gf wants for dinner, usually a big salad.

Roy Hunter wrote:Then, when you've got to know them a bit and their defences are down, you go all Scott the Pirate on them...